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Evidently the berg being watched was a large solitary one located 

 well to the south of its fellow^s. Its drift was very interesting. It 

 seemed first to slow dowTi and then to speed up again in a southerly 

 course. It stopped in its career on the 25th and worked slowly to 

 the northwest, then to the west at the rapid rate of 0.75 knot, only 

 to slow up for a couple of days when it had reached a position just 

 south of the Tail. 



On the 25th it was foggy part of the time. Three stations were 

 taken at strategic points about the berg that at noon was in 42° 47' 

 N., 49° 22' W. At one time during the daj" a start was made for the 

 French fishing vessel Madiana reported by a passing freighter, the 

 West Zeda, as 400 miles to the eastward with two seriously injured 

 men on board, both with broken bones. The master of the West 

 Zeda was advised by radio what to do until a doctor arrived. The 

 Tuscania eastbound, was near the Madiana. When it was learned 

 that she had turned about to the westward and would give medical 

 aid very soon, the Mojave stopped and resumed station work. This 

 was the second case, during the third ice patrol cruise, where medical 

 advice was furnished by radio to ships 's\dthout doctors. On the 21st 

 treatment had been prescribed for the chief officer of the Vogtland 

 who was suffering from a leg badly hurt hj a boarding sea. 



The 26th was smooth and sunny but foggy. It cleared up around 

 noon and a search was started for the southernmost berg, but no ice 

 was found until noon on the 27th. Then the berg was relocated in 

 42° 49' N., 50° 10' W., 36 miles west of where it had been seen 48 

 hours earlier. 



The 28th was a beautiful, smooth, clear day because a high pressure 

 area with shallow gradients was over the Banks region. The berg 

 was drifted by all day. Boats were sent out for drill and recreation, 

 as had been done on the preA'ious afternoon. Very little change in 

 the size of the berg could be noticed in the nine days during which 

 it had been under observation. The water it was in was well below 

 the freezing point at all intermediate levels and just a little above 

 freezing at the surface. 



At 8.30 a. m. on the 28th a liner was seen racing along to the west 

 hull down to the southward. Her name could not be ascertained. 

 This vessel crossed the patrol area without sending in an}'" water 

 temperature or weather reports. Being far north of the prescribed 

 tracks, she was evidently keeping her radio silent in order to avoid 

 detection. At 3.30 p. m. another vessel, also westbound, passed 

 about a mile and a half to the south of the patrol vessel and the berg. 

 There was no danger to these passenger vessels on the bright smooth 

 day they had, but if they had been beset by fog or darkness a very 

 slight error in their reckoning or that of the patrol vessel standing 



